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Apr 28, 2014 · View ALL 7 Photos. “There were no rules, really,” says actress Swoosie Kurtz of growing up with her parents. “They treated me as a person worth valuing whose opinions and views counted ...
Kurtz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of author Margaret "Margo" (née Rogers) and Air Force Colonel Frank Allen Kurtz Jr., a decorated World War II American bomber pilot. [2] [3] She got her first name "Swoosie" (which rhymes with Lucy, rather than woozy) from her father.
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As an only child, Kurtz shares an incredible bond with her parents. Her father (Frankie) was an Olympic diving medalist and later became one of the most decorated aviators in American history, flying a record number of missions in a B-17D Flying Fortress called “The Swoose” (part swan, part goose).
Family. Children. No Children. Parents. Frank Kurtz. Margo Rogers. Trivia. Her name "Swoosie" is derived from "Swoose" - half swan, half goose - which was the name of the B-17D bomber that her father piloted in World War II.
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Apr 29, 2014 · I like reading memoirs and this one is pretty good. Swoosie Kurtz writes about growing up with amazing parents. Her father was an Olympic diver. And a World War 2 airman. Her mother a pretty neat lady herself wrote a book in 1945 called "My Rival, My Sky" a book about the lives of her husband and herself during World War 2.
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Apr 28, 2014 · Swoosie with her parents, Frank and Margo Kurtz, in Time Magazine in 1962. Swoosie Kurtz Image Credit: Courtesy of Swoosie Kurtz
May 17, 2014 · Kurtz, who was born in Omaha in 1946, was the couple's only child. Because of her father's military career, the family moved constantly.
